QUESTION TAG
SATU
Mengenali apakah sebuah soal merupakan Question Tag sangat mudah. Biasanya soal Question Tag akan diakhiri dengan pola ", ...?"
Secara sederhana, terdapat dua jenis bagian dalam sebuah kalimat berbentuk Question Tag. Bagian pertama disebut dengan kalimat pernyataan (statement) yang terletak di awal kalimat; dan bagian kedua disebut dengan Question Tag itu sendiri (mini-question) yang terletak di akhir kalimat.
5 POIN PENTING QUESTION TAG
1. Apabila pada bagian statement berupa kalimat positif, pada bagian question tag haruslah berupa kalimat negatif
Rumus 1: Subjek + Predikat + Objek, Aux + Not + Kata Ganti Subjek ?
2. Apabila pada bagian statement berupa kalimat negartif, pada bagian question tag haruslah berupa kalimat positif
2. Apabila pada bagian statement berupa kalimat negartif, pada bagian question tag haruslah berupa kalimat positif
Rumus 2: Subjek + Aux + Not + Objek, Aux + Kata Ganti Subjek ?
3. Kata Not pada bagian question tag harus selalu disingkat
Misal: Will not akan disingkat menjadi won't. Is not akan disingkat menjadi isn't. Are not akan disingkat menjadi Aren't dst.
4. Gunakan Personal Pronoun (kata ganti dari subjek) pada bagian question tag
Apabila pada bagian statement menggunakan nama seorang laki-laki, pada bagian question tag haruslah menggunakan kata he dst.
5. Jenis predikat pada bagian statement harus sama dengan jenis auxuliary (aux) pada bagian question tag
Jika pada bagian statement menggunakan to be present, misalnya, maka pada bagian question tag juga harus menggunakan to be present dst.
RUMUS UMUM QUESTION TAG (1)
| No. | Bagian Statement | Bagian Question Tag | Contoh Kalimat |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Subjek + Verb-1 + Objek | Don't atau Doesn't + Subjek? | Dimas and Septian study hard, don't they? |
| 2 | Subjek + Don't + Verb-Inf + Objek |
Do atau Does + Subjek? | Dimas and Septian don't study hard, do they? |
| 3 | Subjek + Verb-2 + Objek | Didn't + Subjek? | Jeremy did great, didn't he? |
| 4 | Subjek + Didn't + Verb-Inf + Objek |
Did + Subjek? | Jeremy didn't do great, did he? |
| 5 | Subjek + Have atau Has + Verb-3 + Objek |
Haven't atau Hasn't + Subjek? |
Sarah has done the best of her, hasn't she? |
| 6 | Subjek + Have atau Has + Not + Verb-3 + Objek |
Have atau Has + Subjek? | Sarah has not done the best of her, has she? |
| 7 | Subjek + Had + Verb-3 + Objek | Hadn't + Subjek? | Arum had done her homework, hadn't she? |
| No. | Bagian Statement | Bagian Question Tag | Contoh Kalimat |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Subjek + Had + Not + Verb-3 + Objek | Had + Subjek? | Arum had not done her homework, had she? |
| 2 | Subjek + Is atau Are + Objek | Isn't atau Aren't + Subjek? | Team 'Acara' are the best, aren't they? |
| 3 | Subjek + Is, Am atau Are + Not + Objek |
Is, Am atau Are + Subjek? | Team 'Acara' are not the best, are they? |
| 4 | Subjek + Was atau Were + Objek | Wasn't atau Weren't + Subjek? | Kiky was studying in her room, wasn't she? |
| 5 | Subjek + Was atau Were + Not + Objek |
Was atau Were + Subjek? | Kiky was no studying in her room, was she? |
| 6 | Subjek + Modals + Verb-Inf + Objek | Modals + Not + Subjek? | Fuad will be here ASAP, won't he? |
| 7 | Subjek + Modals + Not + Verb-Inf + Objek |
Modals + Subjek? | Fuad will not be here ASAP, will he? |
| No. | Bagian Statement | Bagian Question Tag | Contoh Kalimat |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let's + Verb-Inf + Objek | Shall we? | Let's go, shall we? |
| 2 | Subjek + Had better to + Verb-Inf + Objek |
Hadn't he? | He'd better to stay here, hadn't he? |
| 3 | I + Am + Objek | Aren't I? | I am wrong, aren't I? |
| 4 | Verb-Inf + Objek | Will you? | Turn off the lamp, will you? |
| 5 | Don't + Verb-Inf + Objek | Won't you? | Don't turn off the lamp, will you? |
Elliptical adalah gabungan dua kalimat yang memiliki subjek berbeda tetapi memiliki jenis predikat yang sama (misal: sama-sama menggunakan predikat berupa modals, to be present, to be past dsb) dan digunakan untuk menghindari pengulangan kata.
Secara spesifik, elliptical terbagi menjadi dua, yaitu elliptical yang menggunakan kata kunci 'and' untuk menyatakan kalimat yang memiliki makna sama.
Elliptical yang menggunakan kata kunci 'but' untuk menyatakan kalimat yang memiliki makna berlawanan atau bertentangan.
Baca Juga:
1. Menggunakan Kata Kunci And (bermakna setara)
Elliptical Positif
> So
Rumus: Subjek-1 + Predikat + Objek + And + So + Auxuliary + Subjek-2
Ex:
My mother gives me a beautiful dress, and so does my sister > Too
Rumus: Subjek-1 + Predikat + Objek + And + Subjek-2 + Auxuliary + Too
Ex:
My mother gave me a beautiful dress, and my sister did too
Elliptical Negatif
> Neither
Rumus: Subjek-1 + Auxuliary + Not + Verb + Objek + And + Neither + Auxuliary + Subjek-2
Ex:
I am not going to go shopping, and neither is my mother
> Either
Rumus: Subjek-1 + Auxuliary + Not + Verb + Objek + And + Subjek-2 + Auxuliary + Not + Either
Ex:
I have not gone shopping, and my mother has not either
2. Menggunakan Kata Kunci But (bermakna pertentangan)
> Rumus 1
Rumus: Subjek-1 + Predikat + Objek + But atau While atau Whereas + Subjek-2 + Auxuliary + Not
Ex:
Rini is working in the private company but sinta is not
> Rumus 2
Rumus: Subjek-1 + Auxuliary + Not + Verb + Objek + But atau While atau Whereas + Subjek-2 + Auxuliary
Ex:
My brother doesn't play tennis every weekend whereas my sister does
TABEL ELLIPTICAL
| No. | Kalimat-1 | Elliptical | Kalimat-2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Subjek-1 + Predikat + Objek | And |
So + Auxuliary + Subjek-2 |
| 2 | Subjek-1 + Predikat + Objek | Subjek-2 + Auxuliary + Too |
|
| 3 | Subjek-1 + Auxuliary + Not + Verb + Objek |
Subjek-2 + Auxuliary + Not + Either |
|
| 4 | Subjek-1 + Auxuliary + Not + Verb + Objek |
Neither + Auxuliary + Subjek-2 | |
| 5 | Subjek-1 + Predikat + Objek | But atau While atau Whereas |
Subjek-2 + Auxuliary + Not |
| 6 | Subjek-1 + Auxuliary + Not + Verb + Objek |
Subjek-2 + Auxuliary |
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